03-25-2018, 05:15 AM
I don't know that I've given myself time to think about this, but I feel that I have to say something. Well, more than a few things. It is me, after all, and I tend to write a lot.
[1] Smith and the 'leadership group' have made a serious error. They should be penalized for it. I may not like it, but these guys broke the rules and the spirit of the game and must face some sort of consequence.
[2] It worries me when we do the wrong thing, as we generally don't. We generally hold the upper ground when it comes to morality, so when we fail it does a lot of damage to our arguments. We blame those who do cheat. Well, we've done it this time and we should show what it means to us.
On the other hand, many others seem to consider the rules most elastically. Mr. du Plessis, for example. His excuse is pretty unlikely. If he can prove that he was hacked, well fair enough. But it is simply a statement from him of a very improbable nature.
Mr. Rabada has demonstrated more than once that his unsportsmanlike behavior is part of him. As a result, he doesn't really have a leg to stand on when his conduct is concerned. That decisions can be made that take no account at all of the views of the person on the receiving end is something I find unreasonable and unprofessional at best, simple corruption at the worst.
English pacemen a few years back were caught using lollie to make the ball swing. They succeeded on winning as a result. They cheated and admitted it some time after. Yet the series result was allowed to stand. No consequences at all. Extremely poor.
I won't go into what happens on the sub-continent. The corruption there beggars description.
So, what am I saying? Fair enough. We got caught and should b punished. But does not appear to be the case with others. What is good enough for us is good enough for the rest of them.
[3] That Smith and company instructed Bancroft to do this act is something that bothers me. If they can come up with this stupid idea, then they should have done it, not farmed it off to the most inexperienced payer in the team.
This is a dark period in Australian Cricket and should be seen as such. It just makes me worry that the standards we set, and those set upon us, do not seem to be applied as they should be. It is time that cricket cleaned up its act. This sort of rubbish, in fact, the whole situation as it has come to pass in South Africa, should never have been allowed to occur. It does damage to the image of the whole game.
[1] Smith and the 'leadership group' have made a serious error. They should be penalized for it. I may not like it, but these guys broke the rules and the spirit of the game and must face some sort of consequence.
[2] It worries me when we do the wrong thing, as we generally don't. We generally hold the upper ground when it comes to morality, so when we fail it does a lot of damage to our arguments. We blame those who do cheat. Well, we've done it this time and we should show what it means to us.
On the other hand, many others seem to consider the rules most elastically. Mr. du Plessis, for example. His excuse is pretty unlikely. If he can prove that he was hacked, well fair enough. But it is simply a statement from him of a very improbable nature.
Mr. Rabada has demonstrated more than once that his unsportsmanlike behavior is part of him. As a result, he doesn't really have a leg to stand on when his conduct is concerned. That decisions can be made that take no account at all of the views of the person on the receiving end is something I find unreasonable and unprofessional at best, simple corruption at the worst.
English pacemen a few years back were caught using lollie to make the ball swing. They succeeded on winning as a result. They cheated and admitted it some time after. Yet the series result was allowed to stand. No consequences at all. Extremely poor.
I won't go into what happens on the sub-continent. The corruption there beggars description.
So, what am I saying? Fair enough. We got caught and should b punished. But does not appear to be the case with others. What is good enough for us is good enough for the rest of them.
[3] That Smith and company instructed Bancroft to do this act is something that bothers me. If they can come up with this stupid idea, then they should have done it, not farmed it off to the most inexperienced payer in the team.
This is a dark period in Australian Cricket and should be seen as such. It just makes me worry that the standards we set, and those set upon us, do not seem to be applied as they should be. It is time that cricket cleaned up its act. This sort of rubbish, in fact, the whole situation as it has come to pass in South Africa, should never have been allowed to occur. It does damage to the image of the whole game.
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